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reported as follows: first, it would be out of the question for the company to attempt to gct through this route; second, with some assistance from the Legislature which was about to convene and the united effort , of all in c a n ~ pthe company could get the wagons and stock through but no permanent road could he made; third. a good road might be made over the proposed route in a few weeks without much trouble; one scout did not report." "Several meetings were called by the men at the head and it was finally the allnost unanimous decision to go to work and make a way to get through. One thing that influenced for this decision was the fact that on account of deep snows on the mountains over which the company had just passed, it would have been impossible to return home for several months. Another contributing element was the fact that many in the company had been called by their church leaden as on a mission and that served as an urge to go through. I t was this same principle that urged on Father Escalante 103 years earlier when he and his party went through all kinds of hardships in this same neighborhood in the winter of 1776. H e was bent on finding a better and shorter trail connecting the missions of Santa Fe and California." ( T h e crossing of the Fathers is located some forty-five miles downstream from Hole-in-the-Rock.) "When the company decided to go to work for this rhurcli and make a way to get through, we made a decision that has affected the San Juan Mission for all time. The country would have heen settled. but it would have been under a different lineup, for that same hunch rould not have been got together again. The miracle of this decision came just as soon as the leaden of the company gave orders to sail on, sail on. It went through the company like an electric shock and all was good cheer and hustle. Captain Smith started hack with a large team and light buggy. With him went some of his sons with horses to assist in breaking a trail through the snow. The next the company heard from him he had been successful in obtaining, through Church Authorities, necessary tools, powder provisions, experienced miners, and five-thousand dollar appropriation from the Territorial Legislature then in session, he had obtained all of which made it possible for the company to blast and work out our way through." "While visiting the Legislature, Captain Smith had San Juan County orsanized and officersappointed. These were as follows: James Lewis of Kanat~, Judg-e; Charles E. Walton Sr., Clerk; Platte D. Lyman, Jens Nielson, James E. Decker, Selectmen; Benjamin Perkins, Assessor and Collertor, and Kumen Jones, Superintendent of Schools." "Several extra men were soon sent out by Capt. Smith to assist in the roadxvl.ork. These were mostly men who had had experience in mining

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Title	Lehi Willard Jones: Biography
Creator	Jones, York F., 1925-; Jones, Evelyn K.
Subject	Jones, Lehi Willard, 1854-1947; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History; Mormon Church -- Utah
Description	Life of Lehi Willard Jones, centering in Cedar City, Utah, 1854-1947, and history of much of the development of Southern Utah
Source	Lehi Willard Jones
Date Digital	2008-01
Date Original	1972
Type	Image; Still image
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Digitization Specs	JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner.
Contributing Institution	Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah
Publisher	Woodruff Printing Company
Language	eng
Genre	Biography
Website	http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/lehiwillardjones.html
Rights Management	Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved.
CONTENTdm file name	1334.cpd

Title	Page 79
Description	reported as follows: first, it would be out of the question for the company to attempt to gct through this route; second, with some assistance from the Legislature which was about to convene and the united effort , of all in c a n ~ pthe company could get the wagons and stock through but no permanent road could he made; third. a good road might be made over the proposed route in a few weeks without much trouble; one scout did not report." "Several meetings were called by the men at the head and it was finally the allnost unanimous decision to go to work and make a way to get through. One thing that influenced for this decision was the fact that on account of deep snows on the mountains over which the company had just passed, it would have been impossible to return home for several months. Another contributing element was the fact that many in the company had been called by their church leaden as on a mission and that served as an urge to go through. I t was this same principle that urged on Father Escalante 103 years earlier when he and his party went through all kinds of hardships in this same neighborhood in the winter of 1776. H e was bent on finding a better and shorter trail connecting the missions of Santa Fe and California." ( T h e crossing of the Fathers is located some forty-five miles downstream from Hole-in-the-Rock.) "When the company decided to go to work for this rhurcli and make a way to get through, we made a decision that has affected the San Juan Mission for all time. The country would have heen settled. but it would have been under a different lineup, for that same hunch rould not have been got together again. The miracle of this decision came just as soon as the leaden of the company gave orders to sail on, sail on. It went through the company like an electric shock and all was good cheer and hustle. Captain Smith started hack with a large team and light buggy. With him went some of his sons with horses to assist in breaking a trail through the snow. The next the company heard from him he had been successful in obtaining, through Church Authorities, necessary tools, powder provisions, experienced miners, and five-thousand dollar appropriation from the Territorial Legislature then in session, he had obtained all of which made it possible for the company to blast and work out our way through." "While visiting the Legislature, Captain Smith had San Juan County orsanized and officersappointed. These were as follows: James Lewis of Kanat~, Judg-e; Charles E. Walton Sr., Clerk; Platte D. Lyman, Jens Nielson, James E. Decker, Selectmen; Benjamin Perkins, Assessor and Collertor, and Kumen Jones, Superintendent of Schools." "Several extra men were soon sent out by Capt. Smith to assist in the roadxvl.ork. These were mostly men who had had experience in mining 79
Digitization Specs	JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner.
CONTENTdm file name	1159.pdf

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